Clothes washing machine



March 26, 1935. B. NEFEDOV CLOTHES WASHING MACHINE Filed June 28, 1934INVENTOR Baez? JVefecZoU ATTORNEYS WITNESSES BY M .5 washtubs and-.disconnected at. will.

UPatented Maze, 193 51 l, f 95,99

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. otornsswAsHmG MAC INE v t Basil Nefe'do'v, Brooklyn; N. Y. JApplication June26,f1934,'Seriall\lo. 732,501 'z-olaims. o1,259 '1'01This invention relates to clothes washing'maseparately and inperspective view in'Fig. 6 with chines andhas 'for anobject'to providean im-'; certain parts turned from the position shown provedconstruction wherein the actual washing in'Fig..2 through an arc ofabout90 degreesz I members. may beconnectedtovarious forms of It will-beobserved that, generally speaking,"the' V Y 1 washing structure 5vconsists of a swinging mem '5 Another object of the present invention isto ber 6 and a stationarymember 7'. a The swing-l provide'awashingwmachine for clothes 'which ing member 6 is provided with a baror stem 8' is adapted particularly to be. r'emovably con-. which issecured by rivets or other means to a I nected to, a ;conv entionalwashtub, the structure beater or stirrer, 9, and is also-secured to aham 10 being such that when properly mounted on a dlestructure, 10 bysuitable rivets. The handle 10 washtub the washing or. beating membermay structure is p b y p o d d With a p 11 be readily, actuated. l y fwhereby an operator may readily grip thehan- .An additional object mQrespecifically, is to dle 11 and swing the parts back andi'forth, asprovide"v in ,a' washing machine .a', supporting indicated by the dottedlines in Fig. 2. The bar ,15": structure with a slotandasbeatingstructure or shank-8R. provided with rounded portions 12 having a, barextending through the slot and and 13 and;..with av quarediportion l'i.The

pivotally mounted at a point adjacent the slot, portion 14 is providedwith a numberof aperso that one end of the beating structure will be 115 in W ich metal Sleeves 15 are mounted. within the tub and the other,end extending, When it is desired to assemble the parts, the beyond thetub so as to be grasped and readily beater 9 is turned to' the positionshown in. Fig. 20 actuated manually, 6 and may be readily passed throughthe slot 16 In the accompanying drawing' v 1 in the stationary member 7and then. turned Figure 1 is a front view of ,a'clothes washing wheneither the rounded part 12 or 13 is in machine disclosing an embodimentof the inthe slot so that the squar d po 14 may r vention, the sameincluding a tub and washing y slide into the slot: The q d P t is 25mechanism, certain parts beingbroken away; of a size to readily slideback and forth in the I Figure 2 is a sectional view through Figure 1slot but cannot rotate therein. The stationary, approximately on theline 2-2; 1 member '7 may be formed of any materiallas, for, Figure 3 isa top plan view of the structure instance, Wood, a d is not Onlyprovided With th shown in Figure 2; j v slot 16 but with a plurality ofpairs of apertures :30

Figure 4 is anenlarged sectional view through 17 through which the, bolt8 s ad p ed. to exa clampand associated parts shown in Figure 2 tend. heb 13 also eXtends t 0f Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional View themetalsleeves 15,as,i1lustratedinFig- ,which through Figure2,,approximate1y on the line extends throughthe highest sleeve sothatthe 5-5; f 1 1 beater 9 is at its lowest point in the tub 1. The' 35Figure 6 is a detailed perspective view ofthe metal sleeves act as abearing-sothat as the beat 3 washing structure shown in Figure 2. ingstructure is swung back and forth the wear Referring to the accompanyingdrawing by will be unappreciable. A wing nut 19 holds the numerals, 1indicates a tub of any desired kind bolt 18in place but maybe readilyremoved at 40 as, for instance, the usual tub now in common any time sothat the bolt may also be removed. 4O

use made of slatestone, porcelain or other mate- When this is done theparts may be drawn up to rial, and usually placed either infthe cellaror the position shown in Fig. 6 and thenturned unkitchen of a home. Atubof this kind is usutil the beater 9 readily 'slidesthrough the slot 16.

' .ally mounted on suitable supports preferably a The swinging membermay then be laid downfl short distance from the wall with a rathernarthe stationary member 7 and this member re- 45 row plate 2 mounted atthe rear upper edge of moved from the tub, whereby the parts may be thetub and extending to a point in contact tied together and stored awayinminimum space. with the wall. One or more hinges 3 are con- In order tohold the stationary member 7 in nected to the plate 2 and tothese'hinges is conplace a comparatively thin plate of metal 20 isnected a metal top 4 which is adapted to cover secured by rivets, screwsor thelike 21 to the end 50. the tub 1. of the stationary member 4. Theparts are so The structure just described is old and well proportionedthat the outer end 22 of plate 20 m'ay known and forms no part vof thepresent inbe inserted between the tub 1 and the plate 2 as ventionexcept in combination. 'Coacting. with shown in Fig. 2. The opposite'endof the sta- 5 the tub I is a washing structure 5 which is showntionarymember '7 to the plate 20 is provided with v 10 e v a usedjasshown particularly in Figs; 2 and 4 wherea clamping structure 23 whichis formed with an erally extending leg 28 of structure 25'may act' as aclamping flange in respect to one of the walls of the tub 1. Thedownwardly extending leg 29 coacts with the leg 28 for clamping thetub 1. Rubberor other cushion members 30'and 31 are by a good grippingaction is secured without in- V of the tub. The angle plate andassociated parts I supporting plateat one end and a tub gripping juringthe tub. I .a

When the device is first applied the end of plate 2 20 is thrust beneathplate 2 and-then the angle plate 24 is caused to rest on top of thefrontwall are then pressed inwardly into thecushion mem ber 31, pressedtightly against the outer'surfaces of the tub, andthe depending part 28is pulled over'until the cushion 31 carried thereby is pressingtightlyagainst the inner surfa'ceof the'front wall of the tub. Afterthis has been done the wing nut 26 is rotateduntil the -hut '26 hasclamped the parts rigidly. together, whereupon the washing structure isfirmly secured to the tub and with the tub forms acomplete washing ma-fchine.

When it isdesired toremove the p'arts, the'wing nut 26' is loosened andthe device is swung up warclly slightly "untilmembers 25 an'd2'9 arefree from the tub. After this has been .done the stationary structure'lfis given apull'until the plate 20 is moved from beneath plate 2. Itwill be readily seen thatthe -device may-be'quickly ap-' plied to a tubandalsoquickly removed -therefrom without injuring the tubor the device.Also the agitating device or beater 9 may be raised or lowered accordingtothe depth of the tub or I the height of the clothes to be washed.

I claim: V I a 1. A washing machine including a tub and a removablewashing structure associated there with, said washing structurecomprising aswinging' part and a stationary part, said stationary parthavinga slot extending an appreciable part of its length through whichthe swinging part extends, means for pivotally connecting the forpivotally connecting said swinging part being the other end, while thestationary part has a member atgthe opposite end.

2. A washing machine 'including a stationary swinging part to thestationary part, said means i tures, means: for holding said stationarybarf in'q I operative positiongabeating paddle, a rodfcon 1 nected tosaid paddle and-extending;through said slot; saidirod having a1pluralityof apertures, a.

gripTcOnnected to said's'rodat the-'iendop posit] said beating paddle,andmeansia'dapted to'be-m positioned "in any pairv of said apertures insaid stationary-lbar and also in any pair of; apertures said stationarybar, said last-mentioned means thereof in the plane of saidslot. I

f. :4 BASIL insaidrod' for. pivotally supporting said rod on

